Effort to repeal ban on gay Boy Scouts has local connections

12:06 AM,
May 3, 2013

Joe, left, and David McGrath plan to bike 1,800 miles in 18 days from Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Irving, Texas, in support of lifting the Boy Scouts of America policy banning gay Scouts. The Boy Scouts of America will meet for its annual meeting May 22, when they will vote on whether to lift the 22-year-old policy.

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Logan T. Carlson
News-Herald Media

As the Boy Scouts of America prepare to vote on a policy that would lift its ban on gay youth, a father and son from Idaho Falls will embark on an 1,800 mile trip in support of gender equality today.

David and Joe McGrath plan to take the fight to the front doors of the Boy Scouts of America's headquarters in Irving, Texas, as they gather for their annual meeting May 22 that could possibly see the organization lift its ban on gay members.

"The future does not belong to those who discriminate, and the kids know it," said David McGrath, 48, and a former United States Army military intelligence officer. ...